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JOHN PEARD, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

VSCHOOL-DESK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 268,275, dated November 28, 1882.

Application tiled Apri115,1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN PEARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State ot' NewYork, have invented new and useful Improvements in School Desks and Seats, of which the fol-V lowing is a specification.

This invention consists in the combination, with a school desk and seat, ot' ledges formed in the standards of the desk and seat at a dis` tance below the seat and below the lower edge ot' the back, a horizontal bottom board supported by said ledges, aback board rising from the inner edge of the bottom board to the back of the seat, and a`front board rising from the outer edge of the bottoni board, so that a book-box is obtained which is deep enough for an atlas or other large book or a slate, and from which said books can be readily taken out. With this book-box and the back of the seat is combined a hinged cover to protect the books against dust.

In the accompanyingdrawings,Figurel represents a transverse vertical section. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation..

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, the letter A designates one of the standards or side pieces which support the seat B, the back C, and the desk I). In the example shown in the drawings the seat swings on pivots a, so that it can be turned up against the back, and the desk swings on pivots b, so that it can beturned to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. l.

In desks of this class as heretofore constructed the standards are provided with ledges which are on a level with the lower edge ofthe back, and which serve to support a horizont-al board, from the outer edge of which rises a front board, so as to produce a bookbox, the .inner side or back ot' whichis formed by the back C of the seat. This book-box, however, cannot be made deep enough for an atlas or other article of similar size without exposing these articles to injury from the motions of the desk, because it it should be made deep enough the desk could not be turned up, and even it' the desk is turned down to its working position these large books could not be introduced into or removed from the box. Furthermore, the book-box, being open at the top, forms a receptacle for dust, and the articles contained therein are not protected against dust or other impurities. In order to overcome this difficulty, I form on the standards A, at a level considerably below the lower edge ot' the back O, the ledges E, which serve to support the bottom c of the book-box F. From the inner edge ot' this bottom rises the board d and from its outer edge the board e of the book-box, the upper edge ot' said back board, d, being Iirmly secured to the back G of the seat. To the back C is secured by hinges j' the cover g in such a position that the same, when closed, assumes an inclined position and remains closed by its inherent gravity.

In-erder to reach the contents of the bookbox the cover must tirst be raised.

By these means I am enabled to form a book-box of sufficient depth for the largest books which are usually in the hands ot'scholars, and when the cover is closed down the contents ofthe book-box are protected against dust or other impurities. At the same time sutl'icient rooln is left for the movement of the desk. bra-ced by the back board, d, of the book-box7 and that the latter can be entirely closed.

Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination with a pivot-ed seat, B, a back, O, and a centrally-,pivotedl desk, D, in rear of the seat, the supporting-standards provided with ledges E at a distance below the seat, the book-box consisting of the bottom c, board or wall e, and board or wall d, extending vertically from the ledges and connected with the back C, whereby a deep ver- -tical book-box is formed, closed on all sides,

and the back ofthe seat strengthened and the desk free to turn on its pivot without inljuring books 4contained in the box7 snbstantially as described.

2. In combination with the back G, seat B, centrally-pivoted desk D, and standards A, the ledges E on the standards below the pivotal point ot' the seat, the bottom c, and

It will lalso be seen that the back C is 4 voi-tival boni-ds d e, euch of the hitter being,` In testimony whereof I have hereunto sot about equal in length and supported by the my hand and seal in the presence of two subledgzes below the seat, to form a book-box beserbing Witnesses.

neuth the eentrally-pivoted desk, with a @over JOHN PEARD. ['L. s] 5 hinged upon rear of the sent-back, the con- Witnesses:

struction and arrangement beingr substantially W. HAUFF, Y as and for the purpose described. f E. F. KASTENHUBER. l i 

